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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-13

gard to other matters, do exactly as instructed before left. wrote several letters, but never received any. Please read this letter to Mrs. Eckles, and tell her that I have thought of her kindness many times, and that hope we may meet in heaven, where we shall enjoy the pres ence of the Lord forever. Give my kindest re- gards to Mir. Eckles also. According to the course of nature, it will not be long till shall meet in that happy country. Blessed thought. Remem- Der me also to the young ladies of FlemingSburg, especially to Miss Kate Wallingford and Miss Mamie Baxter. Hoping we may meet in that better country, bid you long and last farewell.
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-13

RIvETING CHAINS IN THE DUNGEON.
 were present, describe the scene as omin- ous and terrible-the dimness of the dun- geon, the poor, death sentenced man, half reclining with his feet across the black smiths anvil, the blows of the heavy hammer as the work of riveting went on.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-13
A Mammoth Gorilla.

Boston has just received from Afri.
ca the largest gorilla ever landed in
this country. His name is Jack. and
he is five feet in height when stand.
ing erect, and measures seven feet
from the end of one outstretched hand
to the other. He weighs about one
hundred and twenty-five pounds. and
exhibits enormous strength. compared
with which that Of man seems like a
child's. He arrived in a large box
made of planking two and one-hai
inches thick. and when being removed
from the ship he tore large splinters
from the hardwood planks with rs
much ease as a child would breai \
twig. The hair, which is very coarse
and from two to four inches in length,
is of greenish-gray color. and on
the back. legs and arms inclines to a
black. His shoulders are immense
The expression of the face. which is
black. is scowling. The eyes are
small. sunken in the head. and the
lips large and thin. Boston Coyris~
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-13
ST. CUTHBERT'S BONES,
Pilgrimage to the Shrine Of the Miracle
Working Saint.

A Pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Miracle
Working Saint.
A pilgrimage to the shrine of St.
Cuthbert. the patron saint of Lindis-
farne. Chester-le- Street and D.rham.
is being organized by considerable
number of acknowledges. This
pious expedition has for its object the
celebration of the twelfth centenary
of St Cu,hber,'s death, which might.
perhaps. have been more AZ propriately
commcmorated on the Goth of March,
that being the precise date at which
twelve hundred years ago the prior of
Lindisfarne shuffled off his mortal coil.
Danish incursions were harassing
the populations of the east coast dur
ing the period of Cuthbert's exemplary
rule over the monks of Holy Island.
Observation-Disclosures that Farne
would be the victim of some future
Viking raid-he laid an injunction upon
his ecclesiastic subordinates that should
such a calamity accrue after his
death, they or their successors would
disinter his remains and convey them
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-13
THE BEST POLICY,

A Doctor Considers Honesty the FRS,
Great Essential in Sick Room.
"What is the first great essential in
the sick-rOom?"
Three score or more of young nurses
struggled with this question at re.
cent examination until their heads,
hearts and hands ached, and the old
gray-headed professor who put the
question smiled and shook his head in
the negative as one after another got
up and tried to answer the conundrum
in a manner satisfactory to their aged
and experienced interrogation. The
answers ranged from ''quietude. '"air''
and "a patient through the list OF
pharmaceutical preparations down to
"a good doctor" and "a good nurse. u
when finally the professor answered the
question himself.
Honesty. That is the first. great
thing necessary i'll a sick room." said
he. 1.-The best time to begin the
career of an honest nurse is when yOr
first enter the sick-roOm. Do so bold.
ly. honestly and at once. Do not spend
FIVE minutes turning the door handle
like housebreaker. and pro.
duce series of little clicks,
finally terminating in loud
snap. 60 into the room quietly,
of course. but let it be in a manner
that shows you have a right there.
Never say to your patients, 'Hush!
Any appearance of mystery only ex'
cites them and should by avoided. Il
is also well to do all things necessary
when they should be done. This wait.
ing for the patient to fall asleep is dis
honest in the extreme. Because a sick
mans eyes are shut it does not follow
that he is asleep He may be scutely
conscious Of all that is going on. d.
mot be officiously attentive. Such q
practice is really one of the most com
mon forms of dishonesty in the sick.
room. Patients often yield to sugges-
tons from such persons in sheer ex-
tremity. They do SO for the sake Of
peace. Twas in a sick-room recently
when a relative of the sufferer arrived.
She had come to nurse the patient ]
told her to repress all emotion, and
this is how she did it: Shall / raise
your head little? Let me fan you.
Will you have the blind up? Do let me
give you another pillow! What can
get for you? Try some arrowroot
Perhaps you would rather have tea; i:
won't take a minute to make it Isn't
there too much draft for your ~
y Nail and Express.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-13
A NEW REPUBLIC.
A Bit of Land North Of the AmazOn Be-
comes Independent.

A Bit of Land North Of the AnaazOn Be-
comes independent.
The tract Of land which lies between
Brazil and French Guiana, and which
was u no-man's land, has been de-
clared by its inhabitants an independ-
ent country. The Republic Of Counani.
as it is called. is 24OO0 rifles in ex-
tent, the coast line is 1S7 miles long
and the population 700 persons, on
half of whom dwell ut Counani, the
capital. in thirly-tive houses. Til,
bulk of these are descendants of
Maroons. or slave refugees from Bra
I'll. but I'learn from NJ EoiSsct. he
agent Of the new-hcdgeI republic in
France. that their sympatllies are en-
tirely French. In 1888 they begged 10
be annexed to France, but the French
Government declined. i'm observance If
Il treaty entered into with Brazil i'm 1871
which declared COunani neutral soil.
Repulscd, but not bafi1ed. the ma
tvs unanimously set up republic.
with a French journalist. NJ Jules
Gros, at lis head. The other members
of the Government are likewise
Frenchmen, living in France. and the
French language is rendered official
in the newborn State. / have before
me the first number of the official Jour-
nal of Counani, styled Les Nouvel!es
de France ct DIES Colonies. Journal
Ofliciel de la Republique." La Guyana
Iadependsnte. whose Offices are ut tho
Legation. Is Rue du Louvre. is an in.
teresting little penny sheet, and is 10
come out twice monthly. The official
column contains decree signed mt
Vanves a suburban district. by the
Life President. appointing NJ Guignes
Minister of State and Grand Chancel-
lor of the Order Of the Star of Counani.
Another and older decree institutes
the Order of the Star of Counani. Of
which there are to be ten grand crosses.
twenty grand officers. thirty COM
manders. one hundred officers. and an
unlimited number of knights. Tho
star, of which ] saw a co.ored draw
ing at the Legation. is undoubtedly a
tasteful one. NJ. Boisset tells me that
after NJ Gros leaves France very few
decorations will be any longer given
away, so that this distinction will be.
come very rare and hence highly
priced one.
The resources of the country consist
Of agricultural products, minerals. tim
Der and cocoa. f7.000 sterling worth
Of which is annually exported; India
rubber. cotton. sarsapariIla, tobacco.
vanilla. coffee. maize. rice. potatoes.
dates, goyavas.. pineapples. oranges.
lemons. etc. Breeding horses. cattle
ana sheep is also very profitable. A
line Of vessels will be run between
Counani and Cayenne ON one hand.
and Para in Brazil on the other.-Los-
don Times
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-13

to the mainland The n.onss of
Lindisfarne. however. did not wair to
dig up Cuthbcrt's body until the ar
rival of the Danes. They performed
that operation eleven years after his
decease. with view to transferring
the corpse of their respected prior to
another part of the island. and were
greatly surprised when. upon inspect
ing it. they observed that it exhibited
no signs whatever of decay or even of
deterioration. Installed in new
coffin. and freely shown to persons
attracted to Lindisfarne by its mirac-
ulous reputation. the incorrupt body
worked wonders for many year, and
was the object of profound and gen.
eral popular veneration. Oae hum
dred and seventy-four years after
Cuthbert's demise. however. the
Scandinavian sea-folks did actually
swoop down on the Northumbria ian
islet whereupon the monks of Farne
carried off Cuthbert's body to the main
land. and wandered about with it in
the border country for seven years. at
the expiration of which time they de.
posted it at Chester-le- street. 1t was
not destined to remain long in its rest
ing place. In the year 80 fresh
Danish invasion started it again--this
time on the road sOu,hward-and it
found refuge ut Ripon. When tram
guilty had once more been restored to
the border the monks in charge of the
sacred relic set out with the intention
of carrying it back to Chester-le-
Street, but were miraculOusly staid on
their journey at a place called 1.-The
Deers' Meadow Holm. after
wards Durham-where they settled
down definitely with the remains of
Prior Cuthbert Just ten years prior
to Queen Victoria's accession to the
throne they were cxhumcd. aud
proved to be high-dried skeleton.
with small golden cross on its
breast. and swathed in a silken shroud.
through which projected the brow of
the skull and the lower part of the leg
bone. London Telegraph.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-13
YANKEE EARNESTNESS.
A Few Anecdotes of the Once WeH-KnOwn
General Leach.

"A Few Anecdotes of the Once Wel-KnOwI
| General Leach.
The old-fashioned Yankees. when
they became interested in any thing.
took off their coats. put their shoulders
to the wheel. and pushed. General
Leach, a large iron-found,r of Easton.
Mass. was one of this class. Bccom-
ing interested in new religious socie-
ty. which had separated itself from the
old parish, he made it his business
to sec that on stormy Sundays the
minister should have Il congregation.
He would harness his two horses to &
large covered wagon, and himself
drive it from house to house until it
was filed with cllurch-goers and then
drive to the Westinghouse. He did
business in Boston. but the Thursday
evening prayer-meeting always found
him present, though he had to drive
out to Easton. and change horses
on the way. The next morning he
drove back to the city and resumed his
work. One Sunday. the agent Of the
Peace Society preached. and on Mon
day began collecting tour through
the town. His first call was made on
General Leach.
Il was interested in your discourse"
said the General; chow much do you
think you ought to get in this town?'
Il hope shall get ut least fifty dol
lars" said the minister.
"Well. you ought to get that" an
swered the General. '.But us our
people have been pretty we'll taxed
lately, and as your time is valuable. !
might as well hand YOU tn Q fifty dol
lars and let you go back to Boston"
Again and again the Generals
minister would receive call from him
on business.
Il have been prospered of late" he
would say, land here is little money
for the poor and sick of the town,
which l wish you TO distribute for me
according to your own Judgment"
The .'little money" would be roll
of bills amounting to one or two hum
dred dollars. The General was very
fond of singing. He hired Boston
music-teacher to drill the choir one
evening a week, but he himself led
them on Sundays. standing with his
back to the congregation and marking
the time with his hand. One Sunday
while the choir was practicing during
the intermission. one of the Generals
men came galloping up. his horse
white with foam. Dismounting. he
rushed into the gallery. and told the
General that the flume of the great
pond had given away and the flood
was sweeping away bridges and doing
immense damage.
You can't stopit. can you?" calmly
replied the General
why, nor
"Well. then. let it run; let us sing
another tune. - Youth Companion.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-13
INEXPENSIVE LIVING.
How Healthy Person Can Live and
ssrow Fat en- u Dime DSy.

How Healthy Person Can Live and
Grow Fat en- n Dime Dsy.
AT The gathering of scientists in Coz
iumbia College learned professor
fascinated his superintendent hear
"rs Iy telling them that a laboring
man needs daily one-fourih pound
of proteine. one-fcurth pound fat. and
a pound of carbohydrates" to keep
him well and strong. If the knowl-
al ge-sceking laborer goes 10 the store
for his four ounces of proteinc his cx-
pertinent will scarcely increase his
filth in the marketing knowledge Of
scientists. What the laborer and what
most of Us reed more than technical
essays on the Physiological and
Fccundary Economy of Food is a
plain talk about sensible feeding and
economical marketing.
How to live and thrive on a dime
per day" may stand rs the text for
,hiS talk. 1t certainly can be done.
and. though the experiment may be
uninvi;ing. it is certain that good
health is nearer akin to the simplest
diet than TO the ccsiliest.
Now as to the laboring man and his
proteine. Tell him that three-fourihs
of his weight is water. and that to re-
store the days waste he has to take
food. ,hree-fourths of which must be
water. and the remainder flesh-form-
ing. heat-giving and bone-making sub
stances. he will understand the case
better. Give him table of foods,
sanalyzed to show just how much heat
giving. fiesh-forming and mineral mat
ter there is in each food. IN he will
soon take as deep an interest in what
he eats because Of its worth to him as
because of lis taste. When he finds
-ou;-as he can in half an hour-that
only twenty-four parts in every hum
<drcS Of but cher's meat count as flesh
formers. the rest being water. but that
from scventy-five to ninety parts out
of every hundred in dried peas. beans,
oat and wheat meals and cheese are
nutritious. and only ten to twenty-five
parts waste water. he from that mo-
ment begins 10 use his common sense
I" feeding as he does in earning his
living. The popular rule is: Never pay
any heed to the feeding value of our
diet; let us cultivate glorious ig-
norance of the purpose of foods and 60
in might and main for palate-ticklers
and dyspepsia.
Just q facs or two aS sppctizers
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-13
RAILWAY BRAIN
4 Newly Discovered Afhiction Of xsaiiroe"
Employee

4 Newly Discovered AMiction Of Z;ailroad
Employees.
AAt a recent meeting OF the SOciety
of PLY sicians of the Charlie Hospital
in Berlin. Thomson exhibited u patient
whose case he described as one OF
railway BRAIN" neurosis resem-
bling in many respects the condition
already we'll known under the nanlc
of railway spine" A healthy rail-
way employee. aged thirty. without
history of alcoholism. or Of any predis-
posing neurotic condition, by the sud-
den motion of his train was thrown
violently against the side of car.
striking his head. He sustained no
wound. and at the time of injury con-
seriousness was preserved. Some
hours afterwards. however. he was
suddenly seizcd with syncope. with
mental terror. lost all sense of loca-
ton. could not recognize the simplest
familiar object and described what he
saw enormously; his one objective
symptom was absolute an9sthe-
STA of the entire body.
On the fourth day after his
injury he had violent headaches. q
pulse rate OF forty-four. and in addition
to the cutaneOus an9sthesia. loss of OIL
factory and taste sensations. with diff
cult hearing. On the fifth day tho
psychic symptoms suddenly ceased. he
could remember nothing which had
happened. and had no explanation for
his condition.
The patient subsequently became
very melancholic, complaining of in-
sOmnia, headache. spinal pain. weari-
ness and failure Of appetite; no sensa-
tiOns of terror or discovered dreams
were present. The objective symp-
toms remaining were well-marked
cranial and spinal hyperasthesia; fall
IRE to distinguish between white and
colOrs; loss of smell and taste, and I'M
paired hearing; numbness. and at
times paresis and spasms of the region
supplied by the facial nerve were also
present. He was discharged from the
hospital rs improved. but two
months afterward his condition
was unchanged; he was unable
to work on account of headache
and weakness Thomsen's diagnosis
was railway BRAIN" condition Of
profound disturbance Of cerebral func.
lions from shock.
The increase in mechanical appli-
ances. and the immense extension If
railways. afford abundant opportunities
for observation of nervous shock. both
in its fatal and milder forms. While
post-mOrtem demonstration of hem
orrhage and structural LESSONS explains
the course of these cases when fatal,
it is evident that we must rely up,n
the continued observation of surviving
patients to determine the development
of LESSONS which will illustrate the
pathology of this condition. The pos
sibility of the production of degenera-
tive changes in nervous matter. aud
cerebral conditions causing permanent
mental impairment, is an interesting
question for neurolOgists, and, in lis
aspects. for the corpora
ton whose property may cause such
injuries, to their patrons aud employee Is.
..Ue.lic0L NcUS
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-13

Belgium is the great home OF
pigeon fanciers. containing. as it does.
more than thousand pigeon societies.
which send away from hundred thou
sand to one hundred and fifty thou
sand homing birds every summer to
different parts Of Europe (mostly
France and Spain). there to be let go
and find their way back again. Races
have sometimes been flown from Rome.
nine hundred miles distant, but the
AHteneum says that this long fight
has proved too destructive to valuable
birds. owing to the difficulty of pass
ing the AIMS.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-13
A Medical Socrates.

A quack doctor recently removed t.
Austin. Tex. and is doing flourish
ing business. He was employed to at
tend old Mr.. McGinnis, who is in q
pretty bad way with typhoid fever.
We'll doctor. how is he coming
on?" asked q member of the family.
There Is still hope to save him il
he lives until tomorrow, but if he dies
in the meantime he is gone ease. -
Te10s Sif1inqs..
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-13

The memory of q look from .
woman is often enough q magnet to
draw . man across . continent-Ai.
,oawkee Journal
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-09-15
PERSONAL.

Major Scott was up from Centreville
the first Of the week.
E. G. Kennedy. of Parker, was talk
ing law in Hurley, Monday.
Mrs. T. Z. Hamblin returned Thurs
day evening from visit in the vicini-
ty of Sioux Falls.
I f. b. Axtel, Of Pennsylvania, was
visiting in Hurley with his uncle, NJ.
S. Robinson, the fore part of the week.
Prof. McMullen and family arrived
last Thursday and moved into the Bot
terman residence, in Judson's addition.
Mrs. Livingston, mother OF Mrs. Rob-
ert Hershey, arrived from Wisconsin
Saturday, and will visit in Hurley for
several weeks.
The editor and wife took Sunday
evenings train for Denver, Colorado.
Editor Brown is delegate to the ma
tional editorial convention which con-
vened there on the 18th.
Walter Carr, of Yankton, visited in
town Monday. Mr.. Carr has just re-
turned from a trip to Montana and
Idaho, and is well pleased with some
parts of the country he has visited.
Mrs. Eliza Conilin, from Nebraska
who has been visiting in Hurley and
Parker for the past three months
started for her home AIond@y evening
w. II. Conklin accompanied her as far
as Sioux City.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-09-15

The Dakota Republican, in giving q
hit at the Press and Dakotaian because
of the latters insinuation as to the re-
publicanism of the former paper, says:
The Dakota Republican has stood
upon its own bottom about as long as
anything in this territory. The time
was when it printed the L. S. laws year
after year and the Press and Dakotaian
could not reach that plumb, although
doing its level best to do it. Only two
papers in Dakota had that honor and
one of them Was The Dakota Republi-
can. So much for U. S. prestige in the
days Of Chas. II. True, and so much for
revenue.
Hold on, Bro. Chaffee; you are new
conner" and not posted. The U. S. laws
were published in the Union and Da-
kotaian up to the time of the consolida-
tion of that paper and the Yankton
Press. in the fall of 1873, and then in
the Press and Dakotaian until their
publication ceased, which was, we be-
lieve, July lst, 1874. The editor of the
Herald knows whereof he speaks as he
set good portion Of the type for the
laws published during the last four
years, and assisted in printing supple
ments for the Republican containing
the same, that paper being the other
official organ Of the government.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-09-15
BUSINESS BRIEFS.
Jos. Allen loans money.

Jos. Allen loans money.
New Tycoon tea at Kellar's.
Come in and join the North Dakota
Farmer club.
If You haye land you wish to sell
leaye description and price at the Her.
aid office.
DO not put off securing that premium
The North Dakota Farmer-until it
is too late.
If you want to borrow money on real
estate call at the Herald Office and have
an application made out.
Insure In the Dakota Mutual. Jos,
Allen will make out your papers, and
give you all necessary information.
If any subscriber OF the Herald
wishes to purchase a sewing machine
they can find a barg ain at this office.
Any person wanting to purchase one
of the best quarter sections in Turner
county will find that they can get a
bargain by calling at this Office soon.
IT any of the Herald readers wish to
purchase an organ or piano cheap for
cash, or on time, they will find it to
their advantage to call at this Office
and see what we have to offer.
No farmer should neglect the oppor-
tunity offered by which he can obtain
a first class farm journal one year free.
The North Dakota Farmer will be
given for one year to every new sub
scriber who pays one year in advance
for the Herald, and to every old sub
scriber who pays all areaNges and one
year in advance. Call and get a speci.
men copy.